hierro

Noun

1. (masculine, uncountable) iron (chemical element)
2. (masculine) branding iron (piece of metal bent into a distinctive shape and used to brand livestock)
3. (masculine, metonymically) brand (mark or scar made by burning with a branding iron)
4. (broadly, masculine) brand (symbolic identity, represented by a name or logo)
5. (masculine) iron or steel weapon
6. (masculine) any of various objects made of iron
7. (masculine) importance

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of herrar

herrar

1. to horseshoe, to shoe a horse
2. to brand

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Hyphenated as

hie‧rro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʝero/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish: fierro

Inherited from Latin: ferrum

Cognate with French: fer

Cognate with Italian: ferro

Cognate with Portuguese: ferro

Cognate with Romanian: fier

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish fierro, from Latin ferrum. Doublet of fierro (“branding iron”) and ferro (“anchor of a galley”), which were, respectively, inherited from Latin and probably borrowed from Catalan. Other Romance cognates include French fer, Italian ferro, Portuguese ferro, and Romanian fier.

Concepts

iron

metal

🤘

Fe

atomic number 26

flatiron

iron

head

clothes iron

Synonyms

fierro

metal

🤘

plancha

hierro suavizador

acero

hierro urgente

Fe

flatiron

Translations

fer

Eisen

ferro

ferro

ijzer

żelazo

ferro

ferrum

demir

σίδηρος

σίδερο

fèrre

حديد

hesin

ferro da stiro